Accountancy/ AC4A/ MW/ 1:00-2:30pm ACCTG406 Strategic Management CASE STUDY: Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Determine whether you think KKD should expand globally‚ and if so‚ where and how fast‚ or should the firm be expanding further domestically? Suggest strategies for KKD which is trying to recover from several years of weak performance‚ especially as compared to rival Dunkin’ Donuts. ANALYSIS AND RECOMMENDATION Krispy Kreme Doughnuts should continue to expand globally. I think this would surely
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An Analysis of Krispy Kreme Executive Summary Krispy Kreme has been very successful at implementing Information Technologies into its daily operations. Under the exceptional guidance of Frank Hood‚ they had been able to expand across the United States and into Canada and Australia. The company plans to continue expansion in the upcoming years and eventually challenge Starbucks and Dunkin’ Donuts as the industry leader. The major problem in Krispy Kreme’s current strategy
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Krispy Kreme Donuts‚ Inc. Since Krispy Kreme was founded in 1937‚ it has grown into a leading branded specialty retailer‚ producing more than 5 million doughnuts a day and over 1.8 billion a year. In addition to Krispy Kreme stores‚ their premium quality doughnuts are sold in supermarkets‚ convenience stores and other retail outlets throughout the country. Best known for their fresh‚ glazed‚ yeast-raised doughnuts‚ known as "Hot Original Glazed"‚ Krispy Kreme also make more than a dozen
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FROM: JMSB Students TO: Shareholders and potential investors of Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc. DATE: Tuesday‚ January 19 2010 SUBJECT: Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc. Analysis 1) Identification of issues: * Is Krispy Kreme’s a healthy company? * What had happened to the company? * Why were so many investors fleeing the popular doughnut maker? * Were the revelations about the company’s franchise accounting practices sufficient to drive that much value out of the stock? * Were
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KRISPY KREME DOUGHNUTS Krispy Kreme Doughnuts‚ Inc. is a specialty retailer of doughnuts. The company ’s business owns and franchises Krispy Kreme doughnut stores‚ where it makes and sells over 20 varieties of doughnuts‚ including its signature Hot Original Glazed and nine other varieties. Each of its stores is a doughnut factory with the capacity to produce from 4‚000 dozen to over 10‚000 dozen doughnuts daily. The Company also sells in its stores drip coffee‚ other beverages‚ other bakery items
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Suggested Questions for of Krispy Kreme Doughnuts‚ Inc. 1. What can the historical income statements (case Exhibit 1) and balance sheets (case Exhibit 2) tell you about the financial health and current condition of Krispy Kreme Doughnuts‚ Inc.? According to the historical income statements‚ we can tell that Krispy Kreme has made rapid improvement during the past 5 years .Total revenues have been increased from $220 million to $666 million‚ and net income has grown from about $6 million to $57
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Krispy Kreme 1 Krispy Kreme Financial Health Stella Deaton 03/03/2013 ACC/226 BELINDA FLORES Krispy Kreme 2 We are going to look at the financial health of Krispy Kreme‚ a company that is known for its donuts and coffee. The financial health of a company is very important to an investor to make sure that they are going to make a good investment. Being able to analyze the financial statements is a very important
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Synopsis With its sensational donuts‚ Krispy Kreme created a cult like following among their consumers and professional investors alike. Krispy Kreme’s simple business model was easy for most people to understand; they sold donuts‚ and the more they could sell the better the company did financially‚ or so they thought. From its IPO in April 2000‚ at the peak of the internet boom‚ Krispy Kreme was led by CEO Scott Livengood who expanded the company rapidly taking it from a small town donut shop
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Krispy Kreme began as a single doughnut shop in 1937 and grown quickly into a large public firm with franchise over the country in 2000 forward. It generated revenues through four major sources: on-premise retail sales (accounting for 27% of revenues)‚ off-premises sales to grocery and convenience stores (40%)‚ manufacturing and distribution of product mix and machinery (29%)‚ and franchisee royalties and fees (4%). Roughly 60% of sales at a store were derived from its signature product‚ the glazed
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report by touching on the history of Krispy Kreme. Vernon Rudolph started Krispy Kreme in 1933 when he bought a doughnut shop from Joe LeBeau. He later established the first Krispy Kreme in Salem‚ North Carolina. After Scott Livengood became CEO‚ the company repositioned itself and focused on being a specialty retailer‚ rather than a wholesale bakery. They soon began expanding rapidly throughout the United States. This particular case took place in 2004 Krispy Kreme was beginning to run into some serious
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